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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Havering 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Havering]
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Included amongst those removed from the Register were 12
persons admitted to the Blind Register, and 1 who was decertified
due to improved visual acuity. 46 of the 125 persons on the
Register were near or prospectively blind. 7 of these were in
employment, and the remaining 39 were not available for, or
incapable of work, all 39 being over 65 years of age. Details
of the other 79 persons on the register who were mainly industrially
handicapped, requiring observation only, or under the age of
16 years are as follows:—
TABLE 36
| Mainly Industrially Handicapped | AGE GROUPS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-20 | 21-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Total | |
| Employed: Male | 1 | 9 | 3 | - | 13 |
| Female | - | 4 | 3 | - | 7 |
| Available for and capable of training for work: Male | - | - | - | - | - |
| Female | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Not available for work: Male | - | 1 | - | 6 | 7 |
| Female | - | 1 | — | 7 | 8 |
| Requiring observation only: Male | - | - | - | 6 | 6 |
| Female | - | 3 | 2 | 17 | 22 |
| Children, 16 and over, still at school: Male | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Female | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 3 | 19 | 8 | 36 | 66 | |
| Children under 16: | AGE GROUPS | ||||
| Attending Special Schools: Male | 0-5 | 5-16 | Total | ||
| _ | 7 | 7 | |||
| Female | - | 3 | 3 | ||
| Attending other Schools: Male | - | - | - | ||
| Female | — | 2 | 2 | ||
| Not at School: Male | 1 | - | 1 | ||
| 1 | -12 | 13 | |||